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Sedro-Wolley man faces incarceration after fifth DUI
A 42-year-old Sedro-Woolley man caught driving drunk on South Whidbey Aug. 9 will likely be going to prison…
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Island County hikes taxes by 1 percent
Island County commissioners increased county current expense fund, county roads and Conservation Futures levies by 1 percent Monday.…
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Emerson loses bid to lead Island County commissioners
Island County Commissioner Kelly Emerson was snubbed by her colleagues on the board when she sought to become…
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Unregistered sex offender nabbed
A child molester was recently sent to prison after investigators discovered he was living in Oak Harbor without…
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Ex-boyfriend charged in nighttime attack in Oak Harbor
A 22-year-old Navy man is accused of entering his ex-girlfriend’s home in the middle of the night and…
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Governor’s budget alarms island officials
The budget the Island County commissioners adopted just last month may have to be revised, possibly even before…
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Pool wins, Slowik loses in North Whidbey election results
North Whidbey voters passed a renewal levy that will allow the North Whidbey Parks and Recreation District to…
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Plea assures sex offender status after remote testimony thrown out
A 38-year-old former Oak Harbor man will have to register as a sex offender under a plea bargain…
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Salmon nearly kills Oak Harbor man’s beloved German shepherd
An Oak Harbor man nearly lost his canine savior and constant companion to a disease that can be…
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Man allegedly choked pregnant girlfriend in Oak Harbor
A 32-year-old man from Port Orchard is accused of choking his pregnant girlfriend until she became unconscious in…
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Island County’s fee study rite in progress
It’s the time of year again for Island County commissioners to consider increasing the cost of doing business…
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Oak Harbor, Island County duke it out before Growth Management Hearings Board
Members of the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board seemed sympathetic to arguments by the Oak Harbor city…
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Whidbey Island businessman jailed for 10 days
After three years of legal wrangling that made its way to the state Court of Appeals, the case…